Chris O'Dowd's correction of interviewer who called him "British"

blatantrereg · 08-09-2012 10:15PM

Glitter_star94 wrote: »

Who's an enemy to britain, who ireland don't have?

RIRA?
Actually no - they're defo an enemy to Ireland too come to think of it.

IM0 · 08-09-2012 10:24PM

and this got 130+ thanks because?

Ghost Buster · 08-09-2012 10:27PM

IM0 wrote: »

and this got 130+ thanks because?

Some people are interested in things that you arent......

And you are posting here because?

Anyone · 08-09-2012 10:31PM

http://taint.org/2003/12/10/185721a.html

Son Of A Vidic · 08-09-2012 10:33PM

Sappa wrote: »

This does not deserve its own thread.

Whatever you say Mein Führer!

IM0 · 08-09-2012 10:49PM

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

Not to invoke heedless Anglophobia, but Chris O'Dowd correction of this interviewer (47 seconds in) when she calls him a "British actor" is the epitome of how it should be done.

Concise, firm and discreet.

as opposed to?

breaking out a tri colour, and burning a brittish flag in the other hand?

LordSutch · 08-09-2012 11:11PM

Killer Wench wrote: »

No! Americans quite understand that Ireland is separate from England. Many of us make that connection with Ireland, in the sense that we fought against the British colonial rule, but now maintain close alliances with them.

Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, the UK, the Brits, the Irish, the Brits who are not British, the Irish who are British, and the Irish who are not British, the Scots who are British and those who are not, its all very confusing to the Americans. Yes of course they know that if you are Irish you are not English (but you still might be British), and they know only too well about the family dispoutes over the centuries, but they also know that we all live together on a very small group of islands, and that we are all related to each other in one way or another, colonial rule or no colonial rule.

RossyG · 08-09-2012 11:47PM

Samuel L Jackson: You see that’s your problem right there. You British keep claiming people that don’t belong to you.”

Kate Thornton says something tactless and suddenly it's 'you British." :rolleyes:

Dangerous Man · 08-09-2012 11:53PM

I watched that YouTube vid of Cillian Murphy - I thought he dealt with it very well indeed - polite but firm.

It's understandable that people get upset at being mistakenly referred to as British - our ancestors had to fight to the death so we could have our own country back. I don't think there's anything wrong with standing up and saying 'actually, I'm Irish.' It's what we should all do.

LordSutch · 08-09-2012 11:56PM

Dangerous Man wrote: »

I watched that YouTube vid of Cillian Murphy - I thought he dealt with it very well indeed - polite but firm.

It's understandable that people get upset at being mistakenly referred to as British - our ancestors had to fight to the death so we could have our own country back. I don't think there's anything wrong with standing up and saying 'actually, I'm Irish.' It's what we should all do.

But what if you are an American and you read nationality (these islands) through the prisim of post #158?

Prick! · 09-09-2012 12:00AM

Ahhh, this is a thing I hate about boards.
Look at the thanks fot he OP. This is stupid, I thought the Irish were supposed to be laid back and that, now just because someone calls an irish person british it's a talking point.

Get over yourselves.

It's pitiful.

LincolnsBeard · 09-09-2012 12:01AM

RossyG wrote: »

Kate Thornton says something tactless and suddenly it's 'you British." :rolleyes:

Agreed. His reply was, in my opinion, even more patronising.

Dangerous Man · 09-09-2012 12:05AM

LordSutch wrote: »

But what if you are an American and you read nationality (these islands) through the prisim of post #158?

I agree with that post but I don't think that it necessarily obviates what I later said. I just think, that given our history, we shouldn't be afraid to correct people who refer to us as British.

Ghost Buster · 09-09-2012 09:13AM

Prick! wrote: »

Ahhh, this is a thing I hate about boards.
Look at the thanks fot he OP. This is stupid, I thought the Irish were supposed to be laid back and that, now just because someone calls an irish person british it's a talking point.

Get over yourselves.

It's pitiful.

The talking point is/was how calmly and laid back it was dealt with. Some have stuck with this attitude through the thread, some have not BUT the thanks for the first post are about how laid back the matter was dealt with. Why are so many missing this?

karma_ · 09-09-2012 10:16AM

Ghost Buster wrote: »

The talking point is/was how calmly and laid back it was dealt with. Some have stuck with this attitude through the thread, some have not BUT the thanks for the first post are about how laid back the matter was dealt with. Why are so many missing this?

Don't worry about it, these threads always draw out certain familiar faces. It's AH tradition.

losthorizon · 09-09-2012 11:58AM

Marilyn Helpful Rambler wrote: »

He's pretty much been living in London for the last ten years, I think. So it's probably got a bit more English since.

I'm from Cork and lived in Waterford for over ten years. Funny thing is my accent has got more Cork sounding and I feel more like a Cork man than ever.

Although who would ever claim to be from Waterford

gara · 09-09-2012 01:55PM

Prick! wrote: »

Ahhh, this is a thing I hate about boards.
Look at the thanks fot he OP. This is stupid, I thought the Irish were supposed to be laid back and that, now just because someone calls an irish person british it's a talking point.Get over yourselves. It's pitiful.

I love when people's posts match their username

TheRealist101 · 09-09-2012 02:01PM

Countries mean nothing.

I laugh when people say they are proud to be Irish.How can you be proud of something you had no effect on whatsoever?

Prick! · 09-09-2012 02:10PM

Ghost Buster wrote: »

The talking point is/was how calmly and laid back it was dealt with. Some have stuck with this attitude through the thread, some have not BUT the thanks for the first post are about how laid back the matter was dealt with. Why are so many missing this?

What? So a thread is started because someone points out something in a calm manner? What? it makes no sense.

Quorum · 10-09-2012 11:16AM

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

Yeah but the posters point is that the majority of British people don't in anyway shape or form accept him as British, he's Irish to them.

Oh yeah, true.

conorhal · 10-09-2012 12:20PM

TheRealist101 wrote: »

Countries mean nothing.

I laugh when people say they are proud to be Irish.How can you be proud of something you had no effect on whatsoever?

So what are you doing on boards.ie?

Sleepy · 10-09-2012 02:09PM

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

West Britishness in Irish people is, by an large, anti-Irishness. Its fairly unique in Europe. You dont get Southern French in Spain. Clearly colonisation has a lot to do with it.

You do however, get Basque in Southern France

Sound of Silence · 10-09-2012 08:52PM

LordSutch wrote: »

But what if you are an American and you read nationality (these islands) through the prisim of post #158?

I think you would be a bit misguided to assume that any American would be aware of the intricate minutia of British and Irish National identity.

For them it's as simple as: Irish accent, Irish person; English Accent, English person, and so on and so forth.

It wouldn't stop me from correcting them if they happen to be wrong.

poeticseraphim · 11-09-2012 05:44AM

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

Well then you are wrong. Irish people have been oppressed as much, or worse than, American blacks, and were subjected to laws similar to Jim Crow for longer. The only difference is slavery, but slavery is serfdom you dont pay for.

Erm unless you are 200 years old you have not personnally so stop it

And it bs to suggest that a people who are the indigenous majority in their own pretty homogenous island with independance for the past 60-80 years are being oppressed or are similar to a minority people living in a country where they are discrimintated against is ridiculous.

We in the republic are the majority we do not know what it is like to be oppressed or grow up descrimminated against and we are the mainstream.

Unless you are from the north you don't know what it might be like.

poeticseraphim · 11-09-2012 05:46AM

TheRealist101 wrote: »

Countries mean nothing.

I laugh when people say they are proud to be Irish.How can you be proud of something you had no effect on whatsoever?

Countries mean nothing? Trying crossing an American border then....

And we all affect our culture as Irish people..that's what makes it Irish

Without us it would not exist.

suicide_circus · 11-09-2012 06:14AM

TheRealist101 wrote: »

Countries mean nothing.

I laugh when people say they are proud to be Irish.How can you be proud of something you had no effect on whatsoever?

ok if not proud, maybe you feel lucky or privileged to be Irish? You could have been born into appalling circumstances in some absolute destitute hellhole but instead you were born on a safe and stable island with a moderate climate, plenty of water and no dangerous wild animals.

mikemac1 · 11-09-2012 07:11AM

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

You dont get Southern French in Spain.

You have the Basque people around that area though and they are not slow about telling you if you call them Spanish

To be called a Spanaird is almost an insult to some, no no no, they are Basque

Fratton Fred · 11-09-2012 07:55AM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Remember Samuel L. Jackson V Kate Thornton debacle over Colin Farrell

Kate: What’s it like working with Colin, ‘cos he is just so hot in the UK right now? Samuel: He’s pretty hot in the US too. Kate: Yeah! but he’s one of our own! Samuel: Isn’t he from Ireland? Kate: Yeah, but we claim him ‘cos Ireland is beside us. Samuel: You see that’s your problem right there. You British keep claiming people that don’t belong to you. We had that problem in America too – it was called slavery.”

If she had simply replied "one of us, in that this station is watched in Britain and Ireland" she would have been right.

Fuinseog · 11-09-2012 09:15AM

did Sir Bob Geldof correct maggie when she called him a true Brit with grit?

MajorMax · 11-09-2012 10:21AM

A Primal Nut wrote: »

There is a battle raging on Wikipedia over this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_O%27Dowd&diff=511358417&oldid=511357690

The weird thing about the revisions is that both ip addresses are Irish, 1 with a ip with eircom in Galway and one with an ip with Vodafone in an unknown location. So it's 2 paddys arguing about whether another Paddy is irish or not

Chris O'Dowd's correction of interviewer who called him "British"

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